Traction-vehicle.



W. E. PAINE.

TRAOTIN VEHICLE.

APPLIOATION FILED Aram, 1912.

Patented Aug. 2, 1912.

2 SHEETSSHEBT 1.

I l l l F r l y, and useful invention in '`racti )n-Veliicles,; 'otwhich `the following is a. specification..

- t trailer which is provided with a turn table To all 1hom-it mayconcern ithas for its objects, lirSt, to combine a selt- Vy`\'econd, toetl'ect. the carriage of a load and to so connect. theni together as tobe WILLIAM E. PAINE, OF NEVI YORK. N. Y.

TRACTION-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ined Apriiu, 1912. serial No. 690,170.

lle a known that; I, ll'niuaai E. PAI-Mz, a citizenof the UnitedStates,and resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and Slate ot NewYork, have made a new Mv invention is directed particularly t-.t a.novel appa at-us for carrying hea-Vy 'loadi 4through the agency oftraction vehiclessand y,

propelled traction vehicle having two ormore wheels with a trailer insuch manner as to carry all loads thereby with the application ot' aminimum amount of energy.

witrh such vehicle in lauch manner that the maj-or portion of the sameshall be carried by a. trailer, with only so much thereof' located withits weight upon the traction wheels as will give the desired traction tocarry it over the route where the loadis to be transported and with aminimum amount of el'ie'rgy. Third, to combine with a traetion vehiclehaving a plurality of wheels a which will permit. the wheels thereotl tomove with perfectfreedom in an opposite angular .tirecl ion to thesteering;r wheel or wheels and without any mechanical connection otherthan tf-'he bed or platform between it and the main vehicle so as totransmit .the load earried by said bed or platform withoutpin any way:shifting the same. Fourth, to irovide a vehicle of the character namedwith a carrying bed or platform of two' parts, one ot 'which parteI issustaineil by the tract-ion 'iv-heeleA and the steering wheel or wheels,and the other part 'bythe wheels of a tra-iler,

capabler ot' pivotal vertical` movmnent and incapable of lateralmovement. so that said bed -or platform will carry the load as a massincapable of shifting its position. Fifth, to So construct a vehicle ofthe cha-n acter named that loads of an-y length within limits: ma yfbecarried thereon and that the bed or platform may be lengthened or'shortened in accordance with 'the requirements .of the load. Sixth, toprovide a vehicle of the character mned wit-h atrailer having aturntable connected to anequa'lizing ,device which aids in effecting thei'l-i reotion of motion ol the trailer whec-lbI i-n exact accordancewith the direction of me tion of the `atei-.ring wheel or wheels andwhich is also adaptedfto overcome thel disturbing influences drie tounequal road-surfaces. Seventh, to so construct a, vehicle'of thecharacter named that the wheels of the trailer may be caused to trackdirectly with the steering wheels. or not and proportionately therewith,in' accordance asthe distance between 4the. ltrailer and the tractionwheelfs'ie` increased: and at the Iaame time to maintain the carryingbed or platform always in rigid lateral relation to the several wheels,so that the load cannot shift. A*l-ibflrtli. to provide a vehicle of thecharacter named with a trailer having,r a Aturn table, and to connectsaid turn table b v movable chains, cords, or roda and anequalizingdevice, and with means for adjusting the length of the chains, cordorrods in aecordanee with the length of the. load lo oe carried. Ninth, toadapt such a vehicle to turn in the .diei-test pow-sible i*pare and prevent dangereux accidente due lo'lony; loads the axle of the tractionheele and is a-dapted to movc laterally in either direction inaccordance with the po-ition ot the tiaction wheela` as governed by thesteering wheels. ln said patent the loadon the front 'end of the vehicleis deeeriliwd as shifting in proportion as the steering wheel or wheelsmoves or more either to the rie-ht or 'to :the left and the tractionwheels are lOO accordingly given a direction ot' imivement equal to orapproximate to the direction o't lnioven'ient of the aleering wheelfs.

The present application ('litlers from the invention dia-closed in theaforesaid patentl essentially in that l maintain the bed or platformpractically immovable throughout its 'length laterally and, therefore,-do

notI shift the lead at all but Shift the wheels' of the trailer sothat.. the traction wheels ,are practically a pivot point about whichthey and the. :steeringA wheels iet-ate as the course is varied, inproportion as the disratented Aug. 227, 1912.

tance between the steering wheelsand traction wheels and steering Wheelsand trailer wheels approach an equal distance; so that if this dista-ncebe equal and if the vehicle be turned absolutelyv at right angles withthe steering wheels under the bed or platform the trailer wheels .willtrawl absolutely in its tracks and the traction wheels will turn aboutthemselves ata point in the center of' vtheir axle their pivot point,the load maintaining always a constant or xcd rela-tion; that is, notshifting.

In order that my invention may be fully understood reference is had tothe accompanying drawings, in which,

'Figure 1 is a `side elevational view of one form thereof, embodying twocarrying beds or platforms connected together at the rear end of thetruck with a turn table for t-he trailer connected to -equalizing cords,chains, or rods extending to a point near the front end of the maintruck; said equalizing rods and their connections being shown inconnection with such truck in dotted lines on the front end andin fulllines on the rear end.` Fig. 2 is a -plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a.horizont-al sectional view of Fig. 1 taken beneath the bed or platformand showilng also the manner of connecting t-he trailer "to theequalizer. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form oftheinvention in which the bed or platform is in one solid or integral pieceadapting it for use as a truck generally. Fig. 5 is a plan view of' theinvention showing the manner of lengthening the bed or platform byinserting additional carrying boards or planks between the platformcarried by the propelling truck or vehicle and `the platformearred bythe trailer. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of that partof my invention which I denominate as the equalizer 'andits connectingchains, cords or rods. Fig. 7 is a detail elevational view showing themanner of connecting bed or platform of the main or propelling vehicleto the bed ofthe trailer so that it is capable of vertical movement andincapable of lateral movement. Fig. 8 is a perspective'view of themovable partV of the turn table which'is connected to the equalizer.showing also the chains or cords which effect this connection and partof the means of adjustment for lengtheningf or shortening these chains.as desired. a Fig. 9 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view ta kenthrough the body of the movable part of the turn table at the pointsacted upon hv the-equalizer. F ig. 10 is an enlarged'sectional view ofone of the adjustable detachable links which join the equalizing chains,cords or rods.

Referring n'w to the drawings indetail in all of which like letters andnumerals of reference represent like or equivalent. parts wherever used,1 represents the front bedor platform for carrying-'the front part ofthe load upon the main or propelling vehicle A Y 3 representsythe sidebar of .the chassis of' i the main vehicle and 4 cross beams c'onnectingsaid 'side bars together.

5 represents the stationary part of a turn table Which'supports the rearbed or platform 2 by three or more iron cross bars and front and rearbraces T.

8 represents the movable part ofthe turn table which issupported by twolongitudinal 4bars 9 secured to horizontal cross bars 10 con neeted to.the springs of the vehicle which -in turn are carried by the trailerwheels W. The fixed and movable parts of the .turn

.table are pivotally connected together by a 1king bolt 18.

11, 11 lare adjustable equalizing cords, chains or rods connected attheirfront ends through set-nuts 13, 13 to what .I term an equalizer 12(-see' Fig. 6) which is pivotally secured near the frontend' of the mainvehicle A to one of the cross beams 4; by a. king bolt 1S' and inalinement with the axis of the vehicle, said chains, cords or rods beingsecured on the rear ends of the li'ingiiudinal bars 9 by bolts 28 andset nuts 29. These adjustable chains, cords, or rods arc pro. vided withdetachable links 14 for 'increasing or decreasing the length of thevehicle as desiredlsee Figs. 3 and 5). The bed or platform'of thevehicle consists,l as before stated, of two parts 1 and 2 rigidlysecured to the front vehicle and the trailer-in the manner shown. Theseparts'havc on their lateral faces pivotal connections 15, 15 16. 16.

The connect-ions 16, 16 are rigidly secured to the sides of theplatforms 1 and 2Vand lthe connections 15, 15 are-'made up o a series ofinterconnected links of any desired length. These links are secured attheir opposite ends by pins lor bolts inserted in the two bodies throughthe connections 16, 16. as shown -in Fig. 2. lVhen it is desired tolengthen the vehicle the short pivotal connection is removed and a'.longer s et of such links is put in place, dependent' upon` Athe desiredlength, and the eqnalizing chains, cords-1 or rods are lengthenedA byadding detachable links 14. 14 (see Figs. 3 and 5).l

ln Fig. 5 I have illustrated how the two beds or `plat-forms areconnected together and made of any desired length. .'Tn this form I haveshown two flooring boards '26. 26, inserted between the platforms 1 'and2' in substantially the same manner as4 additional leaves or boardsare'pla'ced in ra extension table.

These boardsl arci of the I ilo being apparent that the nioilietl t'orlnOt the invention bhown in Fig l2, 13 and li of in v :vtormitl putt-iii,:ilmve ret'rreil to, nmy be nppliml. :is that i v in :fillet :i pimtzileiplzllim'r capable ol' p -r1niliii; j' ,J the mljibtnnfnt otl rotationol' the wheeh 'et' th.l trai iler.

i to not inni'. in v intention to ilnv tlf the peiitic detailsitiselosed in the zicrmnpnny ing' rlrtuvings. zu: obviously it mic lievritlel'v (tepnrtetl front :intl still Conte within thev .Qt-ope ot in)velninis hereinzlftir ninth?. 'l'o illnntrzite. it inzrv ht' npplietlnpon .-ttzlni or other rziilwn); t'rirs :intl on :ill liinils of YQ-hiele` for Irzln portinLr hmvv lonth. :intl in the npplietitiltn ol'snfh vehiiles it muy ol)- viorerlj he zxpplietl to whif'h4 having; fourwheih in which the :tl'iplif'ntion ot' power iS trailer carrying a turntable the stationary i part ot which 1s conneeted tio a bed orplatforni, whlrfh in turn is .'onntytlil t0 the vehl-le in front or'sind trailer, :nhl an equalying device located hetvveenthe.--leeringztndthe trfirtion wheelsL -n-f the which and Operativly connected to themovable part of the tm'n table. substantially its defvcrihetl.

5. motor vuliielie embracing :i plurality ot wheels; in rolnlviniitionwith a traiter wnrrdng' a turn table, the fixed :flirt of .vliieh i5connected to :1 lied or platform, vvliieh in tn rn is 'onneeted to iweond bed ynr plntforni rigitll, eonneeted to .the Jeetl'el-ted through:l onrue ot energy either I' in :ntvzmee or in thtI reati' nl' the vnrthus equipped. ln fuel in rnilwarv tnrf: I should prefer to multe thi\:lpplimition ot the inv 'f1- iion vhert lon;1 trilin-` nmv be n-1e l toai ply the niotois hivh tlrzln the trainn :it inl 'r\;il throughout thelength thereof anal naw-l :he .mine to sin" inotow in nn;V ihn-:whitwily.

lliiviifg thn leM-rihetl nl v invention what l vlnm :tml flesire Inseenrv h t Leiters Ptit tw mi llp' tlliitttl tztteS is l. l motor whieletnlbrnein" :i plurality of wl eL :intl :l Sonn-e ot' propellinl;a powereuri-intl thereby: il: eolnbinution with :i tvriilrrl :t turn tnbler:in-l :in e-'pnllizingf (le \it'e lt'l-.ltetl lwtwten the steerin;`wheel or wheel :tml the trnftimi wheels tor vnzyiin.r the {him-tion oimmeifient of the nhevls ot' the trailer in :ift-orilzinfe with thediret-tion nl' nmvnirnt o." the vering wherlQ of thej i hiele in frontof mid trailer, und :t pivotevt t-lnziliznng device loteliefl lmtweenthe steerinfrv und the trnetion v.heels and perntively eonnerterl to themovable part 'it thtl tnr'n tztble. `listnntinlly its cleseribwl.

A motor vehiele having n plurality of wheel:y :ind n, trniler: inf-oniliinittion v ith 2L tnrn table havingr tixetl :intl mumble partsunil un tantalizing ilmlce lor-nted bitweei; the .teering :intl thetriietion vliet-li of the, vehicle :intl operritivel)` conneetwt to thelnotzible purl of the tin-n tnble71 bi-tantinlly 1: lweribetl T. i motorvehirle hnvinffl srei'in': nml trzwtion wheeh ntl t1 trailer tofited it;

srtnivl fl the betl or pl/ithrtn; luge@ with Sno eqnzilizing cordspivfwtnlljr portetl :it their t'ront enfl between tht' i`Y ing :nullrnetion .vheelS und ee-'tirol at their reur enfl to the movable piirtotV the tnvn tnlfle. nlmtnntinlly n1#` tlesrrilnil.

9. i\ motor vehicle haring :i pli-"nlitj of wheels; :intl :i tri-iler;in von izlnztilon with :t bed or platform carried flu-reha: Ii twintnblt: hiivinf; thefixedparttlieeeotwrwre l to the4 hed or platform undthe lnmwle part fonneietl to .hc t'rnme ot' t tz'dili r'. tegether withnn eipizilizing titvif'r' in .wz'l between :he iterrring uml the t;:ictii i v lteeli, :intl Winn-#teil to the noviil/-le purl l the, turnlieblc. milnf-tiiiitsi1lly .fr-s tlmrqibed.

9. trnilcr 'or :i inoior uhir'le having :t inrn Utile; :1 berl orplntt'frin tm' mine-etnia( to the tive-.l pnrt, the infalible-1 pmtbeing g eonnerte'fl iw the :txle thereof; in menbimt tnt-,hed tothrt'ront pzlrt thereof; in eomhi- 1 nation with :i trniler the flverlniirt of whieh i@ providefl with n Second bed or olnt'form pvotallvSecured to the front: platform. the movable nnrt thereol being` carried.directlv hv the wheels otz @niet trailer' together with nn ernmlizingtleviee enrried h v the front part ot the vehele :.nd attached to theInov- :tble part ot" tht trailer'. .qnbtnntinlly n@ leer-rihetl.

4. tmotor vehiele.vmbraeing i plnrnlitv of wheels` nml :l @oniie ofnropelling power Parrietl therebv:

. the whtiels l pnrtnlte ot' in eombination with :i

ion with n plurality of rertienl liexihle c `niiet-tions fer attachingit to :l vehicle v herebyr the bett or platform of the trailer if:mlnptetl to assume different lengths and partake of vertieal movementsf.:orresp0n d mg to the ineqimlities of4 the road Whlle of thetrailernrc adapted to lateral angular movements corresponding to theangular variation of the wheel of the velnele` Substantially' :isdeserilidd.

tti. trariler for i1 motor vehicle embracing: fi bini or platform; :iturn table. the

fixed part of which is connected to the platt'orm. and the movable partto the wheels thereof; in combination with a plurality of flexiblecoimections t'or connecting th bed ir platifrm to the body of a vehicle;together with means for connecting the movable part of the trailer to anequalizing device adapted to be located on said vehicle, substantiallyas described.

ll. An extensible carrying bed or plat'- torm tor motor vehiclesembracing two paris; in combination with one or more flooring boardshaving pivotal links and naine-tions between the parts for connectingthem together` substantially as describetfl.

12. .t motor vehicle en'ibracing a plurality ot wheels and a trailerattached thereto; in combination with an extensible carrying;- bed orplatform carried by the vehicle and the trailer', consisting of aplurality of piwtal links and connections; together with one or moreflooring boards adapted to bc located between the two parts o1' the bedor platforni, substantially descibed.

13. A motor vehicle embracing a plurality of wheels and a bed orplatform carried thereby; in combination with a trailer carrying a:second bed or platform and expansible connections between saidplatforms embraeing one or more tlooring boards and a plurality ofdetachable supports therefor connecting tht` vehicle and the trailertogether, substantially as described.

l|-. A motor vehicle embracing a plurality ot' wheels and a trailer; ineombination with a bed or platform carried thcreb together with ficxiblcconnections for adapting the bed or platform of the trailer to vibratevertically, and a i'ilurality of intermediate tiooring boards forvarying the carryingy capacity1 ot' the vehicle at will. substantiallyas described.

15. A motor vehicle embracing a plurality of wheels and a carrying bedor plattorni carried therebyf in combination with a trailer having aturn table thereon and a second bed or platform carried by the fixedportion ot' the turn table: together with an equalizing device andiexible connections between it and the movable part of the trailer. andmeans for permitting thc trailer to be located at ditferent distancestrom the main part of the vehicle, substantially as described.

1b. motor vehicle embracing a plurality of wheels and a trailer. saidtrailcr being provided with a turn table. the movable part of which isconnected to an equalizing device carried in from of the traction wheelsand behind the steering wheels ot' the motor vehicle: together withmeans t'or adjusting thel connections between thcctlualizer and thetrailer. substantiallyv as lcscribcd.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specitication in thcpresence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

lVlLLlM ll. llNll.

Wit nesses:

tliinmcs J. KlNTtin. 'il. A. Panne.

